Bucharest 05: Caruana increases lead

10/11/2013 – Caruana was able to defeat Radjabov with some solid defense.The Italian kept his started decimating his opponent's queenside. Radjabov, who creatively rook-lifted to the kingside, had no choice but to begin sacrificing material, but it simply was not enough. Ponomariov-Wang Hao was a draw where maybe the Ukrainian had some chances. Post-mortems and impressions.

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The opening ceremony of the 7th edition of Kings Tournament Romgaz took place on the 6th of October in the Bucharest University of Economic Studies (Piata Romana Nr.6). This international tournament is organized by the Sports Club “Elisabeta Polihroniade” and is a part of the Grand Slam circuit. The Kings Tournament will be a double round robin competition with 5 world-class participants: Fabiano Caruana (Italy, GM, 2779), the former World Champion Ruslan Ponomariov (Ukraine, GM, 2756), Wang Hao (China, GM, 2736), Radjabov Teimour (Azerbaijan, GM, 2733) and Liviu-Dieter Nisipeanu, (Romania, GM, 2665). This year’s edition will be played in the Magna Auditorium and Conference Hall "Virgil Madgearu" of the Bucharest University of Economic Studies – a partner of the Kings Tournament. The rounds will start every day from the 7th until the 17th October at 3:30 p.m. (last round starts at 1:30 p.m) and entrance will be free for spectators.

Round 5

Round 5 – October 11, 15:30h

Ponomariov, Ruslan

2751

½-½

Wang Hao

2733

Caruana, Fabiano

2779

1-0

Radjabov, Teimour

2723

Nisipeanu, L.-D.

2674

bye

This is the halfway mark, which means that all players have played the same amount of games. Caruana leads by a point.

Ponomariov and Nisipeanu are the only ones at 50%, Pono with all draws and the Romanian with one win, one loss and two equal results

Radjabov sacrirficed all his pieces, but then he run out of them

Rogozenco and Caruana analyzed the game in detail

Neither Wang Hao nor Radjabov have been able to win a game, and they sit at -1

The Chinese player hopes to bounce back in the second half of the event

Ponomariov is doing ok, but he needs a victory to put pressure on Caruana

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11/28/2018 – The moment we've all been waiting for! Live games (for Premium members) from the 2018 World Championship match in London. Every two games will be followed by a rest day until Game 12 (if necessary) on November 26th which will be preceded by an additional rest day. All rounds start at 15:00 UT (London time) / 16:00 CEST / 10:00 EST. If needed there would be a rapid tiebreak match on Wednesday, November 28th. | Photos: Patricia Claros

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8/27/2018 – Live games and commentary from Saint Louis! Fabiano Caruana, Magnus Carlsen and Levon Aronian tied for first place, while Caruana also tied for fourth place in the Grand Chess Tour standings with Wesley So, forcing a playoff match to be held on Tuesday. | Graphic: Saint Louis Chess Club

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